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Done a thousand miles since purchased - piss poor effort on my part for not getting stuck into it yet! Should be massively easier to do than the grey one was as the only welding job required is that battery tray. Hopefully the original backbox splitting this week will help me towards getting my act together!

This is how not to do it - a piece of steel sheet had been shaped and tacked into position. It was then fibreglassed over and seam sealed leaving the rusty remains below to carry on rusting. Shite. Anyway its gone now - proper job to follow!

My guess is that it was sat out in the weather in Malaysia for years. Must have been sat with the passenger side lower down than the drivers so that the water couldn't get out of the drain hole. It was laid up in 2006 because of this so it only lasted for 7 years use before the battery went South!

Wings and bonnet off, then wipers and wiper motor. Removed the remains of the original battery tray - just need to cut the back wall when I get some more discs. Need to cut the back wall of the replacement tray to match where its cut on the car. Should be welding it in this weekend.

No repair panel available - need to cut a good one out of another car as shown above then unpick all the spot welds to free the actual tray itself. Getting the poxy one out involves drilling and chiselling all the spot welds and cutting the back wall all with very restricted access. Sounds a lot easier than it is! Took about 30 hours including stripping both cars to have access to everything neccessary.